Parliamentary Procedure Motions

To dispose of a motion entirely

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Refer to a Committee

• Recess

• Amend

Temporarily set a motion aside

• Lay on the Table

• Limit or Extend Debate

• Suspend the Rules

• Point of Information

Ensure a countable vote

• Division of the Assembly

• Withdraw a Motion

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Division of a Question

Talk about a pending motion at a different time in the future

• Postpone Definitely

• Object to the Consideration of the Question

• Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

• Recess

Ask a question about the current business at hand

• Point of Information

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Adjourn

• Withdraw a Motion

Send the motion to a committee with a task

• Refer to a Committee

• Adjourn

• Extend or Limit Debate

• Object to the Consideration of the Question

To make changes to a motion

• Amend

• WIthdraw a Motion

• Suspend the Rules

• Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

To suspend a rule during a meeting

• Suspend the Rules

• Previous Question

• Extend or Limit Debate

• Postpone Indefinitely

To change the rules of debate for a meeting

• Extend or Limit Debate

• Suspend the Rules

• Withdraw a Motion

• Object to the Consideration of the Question

Sets the time of the continuation of the present meeting following adjournment

• Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

• Postpone Definitely

• Lay on the Table

• Refer to a Committee